Shippen, Edward, 1729-1806

Chief Justice of Pennsylvania.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to William Parsons, 1750 Aug. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270663645

Edward Shippen was Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, and was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1768.

From the description of Docket of cases, 1764-1765. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122616293

From the description of Receipts, 1754-1789. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122579002

From the guide to the Edward Shippen receipts, 1754-1789, 1754-1789, (American Philosophical Society)

Edward Shippen was a jurist and a member of a prominent Philadelphia, Pa. family.

From the description of Cash book, 1746-1806 (inclusive), 1764-1806 (bulk). (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122684116

Philadelphia mayor.

From the description of ALS : Lancaster, Pa., to Alexander James Dallas, 1805 Jan. 28. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122610836

From the description of ALS : Philadelphia, to Joseph Shippen, Jr., 1788 June 26. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122645547

From the description of ALS : Philadelphia, to Edward Shippen, 1758 Aug. 18. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122489386

Alexander Hunter was a paymaster in the Pennsylvania Provincial troops.

Edward Shippen was Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, and was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1768.

From the guide to the Docket of cases, 1764-1765, 1763-1765, (American Philosophical Society)

The prominent Philadelphian Edward Shippen was born on February 16, 1729, to Edward Shippen and Sarah Plumley Shippen. A moderate loyalist during the Revolution, Edward Shippen served as judge in Philadelphia until 1791, when he became associate justice for the state supreme court. From 1799 until his death in 1804, he served as Chief Justice for the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. One of his daughters, Margaret, married Benedict Arnold; another, Elizabeth, married Shippen's friend and business associate, Edward Burd.

James Burd was born in Scotland in 1726, moved to Pennsylvania, married Sarah Shippen (1731-1784) in 1748, and died in 1793. His son Edward Burd (1750-1833) rose to the rank of major in Haller's Pennsylvania Battalion of the Flying Camp in 1776, and was taken prisoner at Long Island that same year. After Edward’s release, ill health prevented his reentering the service, and he returned to his legal practice. He served with great distinction as prothonotary of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court (1778-1806). Edward married Elizabeth Shippen (b. 1754), daughter of Edward Shippen, in 1778. Their son, Edward Shippen Burd (1779-1856), became a specialist in property law.

William Tilghman (1756 -- 1827) was a Maryland born lawyer and Politian who succeeded Edward Shippen as Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in 1804.

From the guide to the Burd-Shippen papers, 1738-1847, (William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan)